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The original plot is more-or-less adhered to, with some significant alterations. Benny is depicted as a comic Bob Hope-like coward, but not as a sissy.El Khobar's alter ego is that of a mild-mannered (but not squeamish) Latin tutor and anthropologist, whom Birabeau (Ray Collins) hires to keep Margot (Kathryn Grayson) from flirting with his regiment.
The Desert Song is an operetta with music by Sigmund Romberg and book and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II, Otto Harbach and Frank Mandel. It was inspired by the 1925 uprising of the Riffs , a group of Berber fighters, against French colonial rule in Morocco. [ 1 ]
The 1943 Desert Song is perhaps the only instance in which a stage operetta of the 1920s has been updated to reflect topical concerns of the 1940s. In fact, the United States Office of War Information held up release of the film for a year because of the shifting political positions of Vichy France. Nonetheless, it did well at the box office.
Deep in My Heart is a 1954 American MGM biographical musical film about the life of operetta composer Sigmund Romberg, who wrote the music for The Student Prince, The Desert Song, and The New Moon, among others. Leonard Spigelgass adapted the film from Elliott Arnold's 1949 biography of the same name.
Title Director Cast Genre Notes The 49th Man: Fred F. Sears: Richard Denning, John Ireland, Suzanne Dalbert: Film noir: Columbia: 99 River Street: Phil Karlson: John Payne, Evelyn Keyes ...
The Desert Song is a 1929 American pre-Code sound (All-Talking) operetta film directed by Roy Del Ruth and starring John Boles, Carlotta King, Louise Fazenda, and Myrna Loy. It was photographed partly in two-color Technicolor, the first film released by Warner Bros. to include footage in color. The film included a 10-minute intermission during ...
Norman's first film roles were in 1942. First, an uncredited part in the film Personalities, which was a vehicle that MGM used to showcase their new stars. Then she and Gene Kelly both made their official screen debuts singing and dancing with Judy Garland in the MGM film For Me and My Gal.
The Desert of the Tartars; Desert Patrol (film) Desert Sands; The Desert Song (1929 film) The Desert Song (1943 film) The Desert Song (1953 film) Desert Warrior (1957 film) Destination Gobi; The Devil's in Love; Dinosaur (2000 film) Disappearance (2002 film) The Dreamer (2016 film) Drip-Along Daffy; Drums of the Desert (1940 film) Duel (1971 ...